So, what do you all think about the division after the "changing of the guard" evident with Lesnar's destruction of superman Randy Couture? Do you think the win was due to Randy not being a natural heavyweight fighting a freakish specimen, or Randy's age? How many title defenses do you see Lesnar taking this thing? I personally think Brock can only get better with time.

I think Nog beats Mir for the interim title next month, then beats Lesnar for his belt and unifies Nog as the heavyweight beltholder. Then I think Lesnar has to fight 2-3 matches before having a chance at the belt again.

Shane Carwin is legit and Gabriel Gonzaga looked pretty dominant in his fight on Saturday, but I think the addition of Lesnar to the heavyweight division makes it stronger. But as you said, Lesnar will get better with time and he'll be around for a while.

I'm partial to Cheick Kongo, however, so I'd like to see him work his way up the ranks.

It's all uphill for him now. He get Nog/Mir next. Anything could happen with either one of those two. If he wins, he probably gets gonzaga. That's the match-up I am interested in. Carwin and Velasquez probably enter the mix after that. Unless some of the other HWs make their way to the UFC. Arlovski, Barnett, and Bigfoot would all make interesting match-ups.

dhickey wrote:It's all uphill for him now. He get Nog/Mir next. Anything could happen with either one of those two. If he wins, he probably gets gonzaga. That's the match-up I am interested in. Carwin and Velasquez probably enter the mix after that. Unless some of the other HWs make their way to the UFC. Arlovski, Barnett, and Bigfoot would all make interesting match-ups.

Xen Nova wrote:Arlovski, Barnett, Mark Hunt and Fedor need to be back in the HW division. So we can see some fucking wars.

Gonzaga is a great matchup for anyone.

We also need a Grand Prix, yellow cards and knees on the ground mourns pride

I would rather see Overeem in the octagon than any of those guys. Then Barnett, then Arlovski. Fedor isn't going to happen. I would like to see Mark Hunt against Kongo. I wouldn't mind seeing him KTFO of Kimbo in some no-name card.

The second tier guys can be fun to watch as well. Like Rothwell or Nelson. They would make good gatekeepers in the UFC. Let'em fight all the new guys that come in. Or the old guys that are on their way out.

lesner v.s the winner of nog and mir. i think nog wins that one, and nobody besides mir, (i still dispute that win, reffing was bad, all lesner needed was a few more seconds to knock him out) has figured out the massive lesner's size and strenght. the fans are not behind him, but hopefully this will help signal then end of professional wrestling.

Which brings up the issue of seeing Aleksander fighting in the U.S. Brock isn't ready for Fedor...but is he ready for Aleksander??

The chance of any Emelianenko fighting in the UFC is pretty much jack shit. I don't think either parties want a lot to do with the other, unless some serious cash is put on the table, like pro boxing money or something.

Doug Adams wrote:Wasn't Aleksander's fight with Affliction cancelled due to some medical problem, hep C perhaps? I remember someone here talking about it, but not sure how true it was.

That was a rumor...supposedly it was Hep B. But he didn't get cleared by CSAC to fight because he didn't pass all of his physicals on time...and his visa was supposedly expiring the next day or something like that.